Lumi Cavazos (born January 1, 1969) is a Mexican actress, who won the Best Actress awards at the Tokyo Film Festival, and Brazil’s Festival de Gramado for her portrayal of "Tita" in the 1993 adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s Mexican novel, Como Agua para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate). The movie grabbed the attention of U.S film critics and moviegoers, and facilitated her entry into the American film industry. She subsequently relocated to Los Angeles.

Born in Monterey, Mexico, Cavazos began her acting career at the age of 15, and made her film debut in Busi Cortes’ 1988 El Secreto de Romalia. She has acted in numerous Mexican films and television series since then, and has also done a fair amount of work in the U.S., appearing in such television dramas as "Sugar Town". Cavazos is sometimes credited as "Rosita Lumi Cavazos".

Filmography

• Las Buenrostro (2005) (pre-production)
• 7 días (2005) .... Sra. Garza
• La Ley del silencio (2005) (mini) TV Series .... Clemencia
• Tan infinito como el desierto (2004) (mini) TV Series
• Exposed (2003) .... Laura Silvera
• Entre dos (2003)
• Atlético San Pancho (2001) .... Rebeca
• In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) (TV) .... Patria Mirabal
• Bless the Child (2000) .... Sister Rosa
• Mascara (1999) .... Laura
• Sugar Town (1999) .... Rosio
• Entre la tarde y la noche (1999)
• The Keening (1999) .... Wood Nymph
• Fibra óptica (1998) .... María Ponce... aka Optic Fiber (USA: video title)
• Last Stand at Saber River (1997) (TV) .... Luz
• Sistole Diastole (1997) .... La nena
• Bottle Rocket (1996) .... Inez
• Land of Milk and Honey (1996) .... Rosie
• El Vuelo del águila (1996) TV Series .... Amada Díaz
• Manhattan Merengue (1995) (as Rosita Lumi Cavazes)
• Banditi (1995)
• Viva San Isidro (1995) .... Antonia
• Del otro lado del mar (1994)
• Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (1993) ... aka *La Leyenda negra (Mexico)
• Tres destinos (1993) TV Series .... Cristina
• Serpientes y escaleras (1992) .... Rebeca .... aka Snakes and Ladders (Singapore: English title: festival title)
• Como agua para chocolate (1992) .... Tita ... aka Like Water for Chocolate
• Mi primer año (1992)
• En un bosque de la China (1987)
• El Tunel de la ciencia (1989) (Documentary) .... herself

Notable TV Guest Appearances

• Friends playing "Cristina" (archive footage) (uncredited) in episode: "The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate" (episode # 1.0) 22 September 1994

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